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Arts & Culture

  • Last Look

    Amazing Grace

    A theater piece by Carrie Mae Weems explores the current cultural moment in America’s racial history.

    Nov/Dec 2016

  • Light & Verity

    History on the menu

    Paul Freedman’s ten restaurants that changed America.

    Nov/Dec 2016

  • Arts & Culture

    Robinson Crusoe through the ages

    Object lesson: A lesson in ethics, with llamas.

    Nov/Dec 2016

  • Arts & Culture

    Reviews: September/October 2016

    Books on dating, birds, and Roman cuisine.

    Sep/Oct 2016

  • features

    Mementos of a passion

    Eugene O’Neill’s jewelry box—in the Beinecke Library collection—tells the story of his stormy relationship with his wife Carlotta.

    Sep/Oct 2016

  • Where They Are Now

    Antiquing on the Internet

    David Rosenblatt’s e-commerce site 1stdibs will sell you Catherine the Great’s bookcase for just under $17 million.

    Sep/Oct 2016